A complication with the Gianturco coil and its non-surgical management

During the placement of a Gianturco coil in a patient with renal cell carcinoma, the cotton threads of the steel coil remained fixed to the introducing catheter tip, and the coil was unintentionally withdrawn from the selected renal artery back into the aorta. By snare technique the coil was caught with another angiographic catheter and withdrawn successfully via the transfemoral route by aid of a coaxial catheter sheath. There were no complications.